Importance of Academic Goals and Techniques for Comprehension and Retention

PURSUING A VISION
THROUGH ACADEMIC
GOALS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Importance of academic goals.....................................................................................................3
Techniques for comprehension and retention.............................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Academic goals are primarily the goals as well as objectives which are being set by
students in their academic life in order to accomplish success in career and to achieve their
vision. The main aim of this report is to study the importance of setting goals by students for
achieving success.
This report gives a brief about importance of academic goals and techniques for
comprehension as well as retention.
MAIN BODY
Importance of academic goals
Academic goals are basically the various objectives as well and goals which are being set
by the students for their educational success as well as to obtain the accomplishments throughout
the academic careers. Academic goals plays an important role within life of each and every
student no matter in which grade, subject they are studying. Academic goals basically have wide
range of importance and this is highly essential to excel in career (Kickbusch and Hanefeld,
2017). The major importance of setting the academic goals is that they mainly provide the right
direction and guidance to the students. By setting the goals and objectives, students are able to
get the right track on which they have to move and thus helps in moving forward. There are
basically two types of goals which are being set by students throughout their career namely
short-term goals and long-term goals. Although goal-setting generally is of wide nature but these
two types of goals are the main aspect in life.
Short-term goals
Short-term goals are basically the objectives as well as goals which are set and designed
for achieving in near future. In shorty, these are the goals which students have to accomplish and
attain within short time period (Lalande and et.al.,2019). For example- student might set the
goal for achieving good marks in the upcoming semester or class test in time of one week.
Another example is that student might have the goal to travel to another destination for learning
something new next month. Short-term goals basically helps the students to stay on the track and
remain motivated by creating the momentum for growth. Besides this, short-term goals mainly
gives a big picture to the students for future (Berger and Archer, 2018).
Long term goals